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This just goes to show that there is so damned much regarding SR's and all their accouterments to muss with. I am a strong advocate for K.I.S.S., but obviously, what do I know?
It seems to me...

Thanks Marshal. I appreciate the reply. Just because I have spent nigh on 40 years using an SR does not qualify me to knowing what I am doing. I have been learning a lot here which I was never...

Tormex. I have understood it to be 3-6k from the seller I bought from. Haven't searched Tormex data. Would wager it is a misprint?! I am prepping an old strop to put the paste on and give an...

Well...I am pretty sure I know how after 40 years, having a barber friend demonstrating it and having read the data on this site. Fundamentally I am a paranoid on certain things, confidence. Funny....

Being retired and on a limited income, ouch! Awful close. You don't think the Chinese 15K would work? Or how about the Franz Swaty. That thing is smooth as glass, but I have never been sure...

Which is more than $100?

Are there any places which have 12K and 20K hones that don't cost over $100? Forty years of straight razor use does not qualify expertise in SR's, that is why I am asking. I have had a long rugged...

I have used diatomacious earth on my linen. Just have to brush it and vacuum it of and re-apply. Pottery supplies. Hm-m-m.

tcrideshd: Everyone has their own mind that explores their own likes and dislikes. From my perspective I will not use anything that gums up my linin. I have extra slabs of leather to explore...

I am curious. I have been straight razor shaving since about 1976. I have a Col Conk strop I paid $40 then. My linin would become blackened and this bothered me. I bought a small container of...

I empathize. The only strop a really have is a Col Conk. On the linin side I only put food grad diatomaceous earth. Stuff is super fine. Between the fingers you cannot feel grit, but your teeth...